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Disappears – Era (Kranky)

Disappears get reviewed by the likes of Mojo which is not the case with many other bands I review I suspect. Strangely this snippet of PR info fills me with unease and my hipster bone begins to ache in warning…. Continue Reading →

Kirlian Camera – Black Summer Choirs (Out of Line)

Some bands run out of creative steam after a period of time. This isn’t the case with Kirlian Camera who have been developing their ideas over 33 years and through umpteen albums. I often receive albums which are described as… Continue Reading →

Tristania – Darkest White (Napalm Records)

Tristania are one of my favourite bands. For me, there’s no-one ahead of them in the field of darkwave gothic metal music. I go back to “World of Glass” (2001), a work of metal and magic, then bought “Ashes” (2005)… Continue Reading →

En Nihil – The Approaching Dark (Eibon)

Industrial mind games greet us. This would normally be the intro and then we would move onto other things, but this is En Nihil. The clue is in the name. This band, which has been around since 1994, specialises in… Continue Reading →

Dperd – Kore (My Kingdom Music)

By way of preparation I had the pleasure of listening again to Dperd’s previous work “Io Sono Un Errore”. It is as moody and sultry a work as you could wish to hear. “Sleepy” was my wife’s description. I’d have… Continue Reading →

Canaan – Of Prisoners, Wandering Souls and Cruel Fears (Eibon Records)

Not knowing much about this Italian group, from the description I was expecting some descent into utter Hell carved out by the collective sickness of something akin to Khanate meets the Axis of Perdition. Er… No. This is an altogether… Continue Reading →

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